{"version":"2.1.274","anchor":"old-version-folders-under-a-claude-test-staging-area-now-g","canonical_anchor":"old-version-folders-under-a-claude-test-staging-area-now-g","heading":"Old version folders under a 'claude-test' staging area now get proactively cleaned up","tier":"notice","area":"Elsewhere","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.274\/e\/old-version-folders-under-a-claude-test-staging-area-now-g","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.274","markdown":"### Old version folders under a 'claude-test' staging area now get proactively cleaned up\n\nClaude Code now automatically cleans up old version folders left behind in its 'claude-test' staging area\n\n**What**\n\nA new cleanup routine runs against the staging directory used by the `claude-test` feature: it updates the directory's modification time, then, once a version check succeeds, deletes sibling version folders that are older than the currently installed version's own folder. If cleanup fails, it logs `claude-test: old version folders not cleaned up` rather than stopping.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis keeps old, unused version folders from accumulating in the claude-test staging area over time.\n\n- Area: Elsewhere\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}